Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Bonneville County, Idaho and surrounding areas

Nell Farmer

Nell Farmer

Jul 23, 2003

NELL C. FARMER IDAHO FALLS, ID - Nell C. Farmer, 85, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, formerly of Hernando, Mississippi, died July 22, 2003 at her home. She was born December 12, 1917 in Lula, Mississippi, to Horace William Carpenter and Lena Thornton Carpenter. She was reared and attended schools in Mississippi and graduated from Lula Rich High School in Lula,...

John Buck

John Buck

Jul 23, 2003

JOHN DESMOND BUCK IDAHO FALLS, ID - John Desmond “Des” Buck, 86, of Idaho Falls, died July 22, 2003, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Center. He was born December 30, 1916 at Menan, Idaho to Ernest Buck and Jessie Martin Buck. He grew up in the area and graduated from Midway High School where he was a four sport letterman....

Rickey Furniss

Rickey Furniss

Jul 22, 2003

RICK FURNISS IDAHO FALLS, ID - Rickey Lynn Furniss, 50, of Idaho Falls, died July 22, 2003, at his home. He was under the care of Aspen Hospice. He was born April 29, 1953 in Roseville, California, to Kenneth Boyd Furniss and Carol Jane Lundgren Furniss. He grew up and attended schools in Roseville and Long Beach, California before moving...

Nicholas Backstrom

Nicholas Backstrom

Jul 21, 2003

NICHOLAS BACKSTROM IDAHO FALLS, ID - Nicholas Charles “Nic” Backstrom, 69, of Idaho Falls, died July 21, 2003, at his home in Island Park. Nic Backstrom was born December 14, 1933, in Underwood, North Dakota, to Carl O. and Anna Lyle Engler Backstrom. The family moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho, when he was six years old. During his high school...

Elton Call

Elton Call

Jul 20, 2003

ELTON DAVIDS CALL IDAHO FALLS, ID - Elton Davids Call, 89, of Idaho Falls, passed away July 20, 2003, at his home. He was surrounded by his loving family. He was born on January 24, 1914 at Chesterfield, Idaho to Israel Bowen and Charlotte Vienna Davids Call. On April 13, 1940, he married Verda Amelia Young in Idaho Falls. Their...

Anna Mckell

Anna Mckell

Jul 19, 2003

ANN MCKELL IDAHO FALLS, ID - Anna May McKell, 70, of Idaho Falls, passed away on July 18, 2003, at her home. She was born on May 20, 1933 in Boise, Idaho to Fred and Ruth Kunter. She lived in Boise for 21 years and graduated from Boise High School in 1951. On January 12, 1957, she married Gary G....

Coy Brown, Jr

Coy Brown, Jr

Jul 19, 2003

COY J. BROWN IDAHO FALLS, ID - Coy Johnson Brown, Jr., 74, of Idaho Falls, died July 19, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born April 9, 1929 at Dillon, Montana to Coy J. Brown, Sr. and Julia Gentry Brown. He attended schools in Armstead, Montana and later Dillon, where he graduated from high school. He married...

Louis Meppen

Louis Meppen

Jul 18, 2003

LOUIS MEPPEN IDAHO FALLS, ID - Louis Meppen, 75, of Idaho Falls, died July 17, 2003, at his home of cancer. He was born January 5, 1928, at Idaho Falls, to Louis Ernest Meppen and Melda Bingham Meppen. He grew up in the area and attended Idaho Falls schools. He was active in Pep Band during junior high and high...

Monte Mason

Monte Mason

Jul 17, 2003

MONTE A. MASON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Monte A. Mason, 86, of Idaho Falls, died July 16, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born September 15, 1916, at Poplar, Idaho, to Joseph Henry Mason and Eleanor Armstrong Mason. He grew up in Poplar and attended schools in Ririe, where he graduated as Valedictorian of his class at...

Thomas Lubbers Ii

Thomas Lubbers Ii

Jul 17, 2003

THOMAS H. LUBBERS IDAHO FALLS, ID - Thomas Howard Lubbers II, 21, of Idaho Falls, died July 15, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of heart failure. He was born August 22, 1981, in Columbia, South Carolina, to Thomas Howard Lubbers and Dena Morris Lubbers. He grew up in the Idaho Falls area and attended school here. He recently...

Julius Crow

Julius Crow

Jul 11, 2003

J. LAVERL CROW IDAHO FALLS, ID - Julius LaVerl Crow, 85, long time resident of Ammon, died July 9, 2003 at his home. He was born January 31, 1918 in Idaho Falls to Walter Newton Crow and Margaret Vilate Allen Crow. He grew up and attended schools in Ammon. He served in the Army as a Sergeant during World War...

Jack Voshell

Jack Voshell

Jul 11, 2003

JACK G. VOSHELL IDAHO FALLS, ID - Jack Galen Voshell, 82, of Idaho Falls, Idaho passed away July 11, 2003, at the Idaho Falls Care Center from complications following a debilitating stroke suffered in 1986 He was born September 3, 1920, in Kingsdown, Kansas, the third child of Lewis P. Voshell and Dorotha Alice Saunders Voshell. Jack moved with his...

Isaiah Smith

Isaiah Smith

Jul 9, 2003

ISAIAH KIEHL SMITH IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO - Isaiah Kiehl Smith, 2 month-old son of Nichole Marie Smith and Kiehl Francis Zitzman Smith, died of unknown causes at his home in Rigby, July 8, 2003 and is now resting in the arms of God. He is survived by his parents, grandparents, Marie and Garth Gardner of Ucon, Norman and Barbara Zitzman-Smith...

William Love

William Love

Jul 9, 2003

W. DAVID LOVE IDAHO FALLS, ID - William David Love, 57, of Mackay, died July 1, 2003, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born September 26, 1945, to Leland Willis Love and Loweda Janey Horn Love in Washington, D.C. He moved to Idaho Falls and attended Junior High and Idaho Falls High School. He worked as a...

Blair Wilkins

Blair Wilkins

Jul 9, 2003

BLAIR H. WILKINS IDAHO FALLS, ID - Blair H. Wilkins, 62, of Idaho Falls died July 8, 2003, at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from complications of respiratory distress. He was born March 20, 1941 at Idaho Falls to Byron Elwood Wilkins and Alyce Hay Wilkins. He attended schools in Coltman and later graduated from Bonneville High School. On...

J. Ted Johnson

J. Ted Johnson

Jul 8, 2003

J. TED JOHNSON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- J. Ted Johnson, 83, of Idaho Falls, formerly of Cowley, died July 7, 2003, at Good Samaritan Nursing Center. He was born January 22, 1920, in Cowley, Wyoming, to John Edward Johnson and Inez Geraldine Johnson. He grew up in Cowley and attended schools there, then graduated from Byron High School. He served...

Wayne Quinton

Wayne Quinton

Jul 7, 2003

WAYNE QUINTON IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Wayne Thomas Quinton, 22, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died July 4, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. He was born March 9, 1981, in Idaho Falls, to Roy Jesse Quinton and Leola Renee Davis Quinton. He grew up in Idaho Falls and attended Longfellow Elementary School, Taylorview Junior High, and Skyline High School....

Myrtle Snow

Myrtle Snow

Jul 5, 2003

MYRTLE B. SNOW IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Myrtle Browning Snow, 85, of Shelley, died July 5, 2003, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center of congestive heart failure. She was born August 25, 1917, in Rexburg, Idaho, to Emil Abile Browning and Ida Rosetta Jensen Browning. She grew up in the Rexburg area and attended schools there. She earned her teaching...

James Farrer Ii

James Farrer Ii

Jul 5, 2003

JAMES WAYNE FARRER II IDAHO FALLS, ID -- On the afternoon of this July 4th, just past, our father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, cousin and friend left our world and moved on to a new and richer environment. James Wayne Farrer II was born on October 23, 1928, to James Wayne Farrer I and Helen Elizabeth Russell Farrer in the...

Ruth Pickett

Ruth Pickett

Jul 3, 2003

RUTH A. PICKETT SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- Ruth Ashliman Pickett, 83, of Ridgefield, Washington, former longtime resident of Lincoln, passed away July 3, 2003, at the home of her son, Roger, in Salt Lake City, Utah, of complications following a stroke. She was under the care of Care Source Home Health & Hospice. She was born June 2, 1920,...